Shizuoka retailer told to stay quiet about radiation level in tea (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

SHIZUOKA —

Shizuoka Prefecture told a Tokyo-based mail order retailer to refrain from carrying information on its website that radioactive materials in excess of the standard limit were detected in tea grown in the prefecture, the retailer said Friday.

A prefectural official told Radishbo-ya Co, after the retailer made a query to the local government Monday, not to disclose the finding for a while on fears that the message could cause unwarranted harm to Shizuoka tea growers, adding that the prefecture would confirm it on its own, the firm said.

The firm, for its part, sent purchasers of the tea letters informing them about the finding, while offering to recall the products.

Shizuoka is famous for its tea production.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What sad and discouraging news...nt

[malaise]

2. Profit before people

corporations rule

Fuck them!